Researches Concerning the Laws, Theology, Learning, Commerce, Etc. of Ancient and Modern India, Volume 2T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1817 - 378 pages |
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... Remarks on the Astronomy · of the Hindus , by M. Delambre . 347 E. On some Practices peculiar to the Hin- dūs • 353 INDEX • 357 In reading the Names of Persons and Places , the Vowels are understood to be pronounced as in the Italian ...
... Remarks on the Astronomy · of the Hindus , by M. Delambre . 347 E. On some Practices peculiar to the Hin- dūs • 353 INDEX • 357 In reading the Names of Persons and Places , the Vowels are understood to be pronounced as in the Italian ...
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... remark , that the nation , which borrowed from the other , has not copied with servility . I apprehend that it must have been the Arabs who adopted ( with slight variations ) a division of the zodiac familiar to the Hindus . This , at ...
... remark , that the nation , which borrowed from the other , has not copied with servility . I apprehend that it must have been the Arabs who adopted ( with slight variations ) a division of the zodiac familiar to the Hindus . This , at ...
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... remarks , thy he seemed entirely unacquainted with the meaning of many terms , being unable to explain them . De la Croze observes , that , " their arith- metical operations are numerous , ingeni- ous , and difficult OF THE HINDUS . 23.
... remarks , thy he seemed entirely unacquainted with the meaning of many terms , being unable to explain them . De la Croze observes , that , " their arith- metical operations are numerous , ingeni- ous , and difficult OF THE HINDUS . 23.
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... . 325 . Romani pueri longis rationibus assem Discunt in partes centum deducere . " It may likewise from hence be understood what is In addition to the preceding remarks , the following passages 24 ON THE ASTRONOMY , & c .
... . 325 . Romani pueri longis rationibus assem Discunt in partes centum deducere . " It may likewise from hence be understood what is In addition to the preceding remarks , the following passages 24 ON THE ASTRONOMY , & c .
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Quintin Craufurd. In addition to the preceding remarks , the following passages from the Transac- • meant by two passages in Petronius that have hitherto been obscure . In the first , a father says to a teacher : Tibi discipulus orescit ...
Quintin Craufurd. In addition to the preceding remarks , the following passages from the Transac- • meant by two passages in Petronius that have hitherto been obscure . In the first , a father says to a teacher : Tibi discipulus orescit ...
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